Do you feed your fish scraps to your chickens?
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Printed Date: 26 Jun 2026 at 4:39am
Topic: Do you feed your fish scraps to your chickens?
Posted By: Reel Deal
Subject: Do you feed your fish scraps to your chickens?
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2021 at 5:27pm
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Just learning about chickens as in process of building coop. Heard they eat dead mice rats etc and heard fish scraps wondering if it’s freshwater and seawater fish? Cheers
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Posted By: Pcj
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2021 at 5:34pm
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Chickens can eat fish and fish bones both raw and cooked. Fish are a beneficial addition to a chicken's diet because they are filled with sizable levels of protein. They also abound with minerals such as calcium. I would of thought no but Mr google says Yes.
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Posted By: spin king
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2021 at 7:39pm
| hanging some frames over the run works a treat too flys land and maggots drop off for them to eat |
Posted By: Alan L
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2021 at 7:57pm
Sounds great as a plan. How do the neighbours go with it? :-) Alan ------------- Legasea Legend member |
spin king wrote:Posted By: e.m.p!
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2021 at 8:04pm
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Mine used to like choppedup crayfish heads and pretty much any fish I threw at them, except butterfish (prob a tad too boring?). They get over it pretty quick, so don't feed it all at once |
Posted By: Reel Deal
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2021 at 8:50pm
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ahhh so sea fish bits are the go. What about the bones scales etc. what do they eat? Good tip re frame hanging. Online there are bins with a tube that you chick yuk into and maggots etc crawl up and get eaten by chooks so similar system. I don’t have close neighbours. I’ve heard no onions, mouldy stuff, is there anything else I should avoid? ------------- The gods do not subtract from the allotted span of men's lives the hours spent on fishing - Assyrian Proverb |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2021 at 9:15pm
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They generally only eat what is good for them I believe. Mine will peck at fish frames but my 10 chooks will only eat one small frame. They prefer cooked frames. Plenty of fresh water is important ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: Reel Deal
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2021 at 6:35am
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yes have those water cups on order which I’ll plug into a 200 litre drum feed from coop spouting should be hands free for long periods when holidaying etc. also plan to use the vertical feed spouting system. All going well I can leave them for weeks and they will be ok. Just need to water check the eggs freshness when I get back. Does all the anode sound ok? ------------- The gods do not subtract from the allotted span of men's lives the hours spent on fishing - Assyrian Proverb |